CAT’s Energy Day to celebrate positive change towards a brighter energy future

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Posted by Claire on 25, July 2012 with No Comments

 

This August 8th CAT will host Energy Day as part of its six-week Festival of the Future. Energy Day aims to celebrate positive change towards a brighter future with a family-oriented day of interactive energy workshops, panel discussions with leading environmental thinkers, presentations from CAT experts, talks, and energy-themed kids activities and games.

August 8th will see CAT transformed for this one-day event exploring energy and its role in shaping our lives into the future. Visitors will get to grips with renewable technologies in ‘behind-the-scenes’ tours of CAT’s on-site renewables. Householders can discover more about how they can make small, achievable changes in their homes and communities to support the transition to a more sustainable and energy efficient society. Friends of the Earth and Practical Action will contextualise the energy debate in talks on the UK’s energy policy and renewable energy and development, and the Guardian’s John Vidal will lead an insightful panel discussion on our energy futures.

CAT’s own Zero Carbon Britain research team and experts will be on hand to discuss sustainable solutions to our current energy scenario, whilst renewable energy companies and representatives from community energy projects will be here to share their industry experience.

The day will also be packed full of entertainment for children and young people. Energy-themed workshops and activities will take place throughout the day, and specially designed wide-games for kids and adults will be taking place across the CAT site. There will also be film screenings, music from a bike-powered sound system and pizza fresh from a wood-fired earth pizza oven.

CAT’s External Relations director, Paul Allen, said “re-thinking energy offers us a wide range of new opportunities, not least in terms of employment. Careers in both energy saving and generation from renewable energy sources offer exciting opportunities and can encourage young people to explore science, technology, engineering and maths whilst also working to protect the planet.”

While currently only a small amount of our energy originates from renewable sources, public support for renewable energy is growing. CAT’s Energy Day celebrates the small changes we can all make towards building a brighter and sustainable future together.


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